Four must-see hotrods, and one hot Harley, to check out at Martin Dragway's Nitro Jam

MARTIN – Just in case you weren’t anywhere near planet Earth Friday night and didn’t hear the engines, smell the nitromethane and feel the ground shake, Nitro Jam has returned to U.S. 131 Motorsports Park this weekend.

There was plenty to see, too.

The International Hot Rod Association’s 32nd annual Northern Nationals will conclude with second-round action beginning at 6 p.m., and the pits are crammed with pro and sportsman cars. MLive took in Friday's action, and be on the lookout when the following hits the dragstrip:

1. Dom Lagana, who set the Martin Dragway track record at the 2013 Northern Nationals, has returned this weekend in his Nitro Ninja Top Fuel Dragster, and he is squaring off in a series of races against his brother Bobby Lagana. Dom Lagana won both rounds, even though he blew an engine about 900 feet into his second round pass. He briefly caught fire before completing his pass in 314.88 mph.

2. Cary Goforth, a native of Holdenville, Okla., defeated his father Dean Goforth during first-round Mountain Motor Pro Stock qualifying. Cary Goforth, in his orange Chevrolet Camaro, is the division’s points leader, and he qualified second overall in 222.31 mph in 6.294 seconds.

3. Two-time defending IHRA Nitro Fuel Altered champion Kyle Hough of Las Vegas is known as Mr. Excitement on the circuit, and he lived up to his nickname Friday night. Hough slapped the retaining wall on the driver’s side of his hotrod during Friday’s opening run, with the impact triggering his parachute. Hough and crew got the car all fixed up in time for round two, where he went 130.29 at 7.26 after nearly slapping the wall again, this time on the passenger side.

4. Larsen Motorsports, which is based out of Daytona Beach, brought its all-girl, Jet Dragsters team to West Michigan for its Martin Dragway debut this weekend. The team features four Jet Dragsters in all, and on Friday, Marisha Falk led the way with a pass of 274.74 in 5.827 seconds.

5. Nitro Jam brought in a field of Nitro Harley Davidsons to Martin this weekend, and Mike Pelrine is looking like the rider to beat. Pelrine, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, set fast time with a pass of 218.22 mph in 6.370 seconds.